Novels by GoodNovel Writers

#What is copyright and what happens to my copyright if I sign the contract?As an auto, copyright of a book usually refers to your right to upload this book on any platform.In exclusive, you lose your copyright of this book. You will only have this contracted book on GoodNovel, and it should not be present on any other platform except this one.Copyright does not mean that your book, your idea will be written by someone else or will be named on someone else. You will still be the author of the book and you will still have the complete right of how your story progresses and what ending it has. The only limit is that you cannot post your books on simultaneous online platforms or adapt your book to audiobook or something else, It will only be posted and used by GoodNovel.In non-exclusive contract, you can post your story on different websites by yourself. You can only sign exclusive contract with one platform but you can sign any number of non-exclusive co

#What are the things I need to do after I sign a contract?Make sure you read our Author's Guidebook first.Here are 3 things you might want to check after you sign the contract with GoodNovel:1. Fill in your payment info so that we'll be able to pay you. Go to your personal page using a DESKTOP and you'll find it. (You can't fill in payment info on your phone)2. Usually, after you have 15 chapters, you can apply for premium. Please contact your editor about setting the premium chapters(paid chapters) for your book.Most of our books open premium somewhere between the 5th -15 th chapter, and where there's a cliffhanger. You can decide on your own and ask your editor's opinion.3. In case you're wondering why your book(s) still don't have a lot of reads, that's probably because you haven't reached 50k words so we can't put your book in the recommendation list on the home page. Talk to your editor after you upload 50k words and they will arrange

Payment MethodWe can pay you by PayPal, bank transfer, and Payoneer. Paypal is most recommended because you will receive payment soon after we send it out. For bank account payment, it may take some time before you can get it.Please fill in the payment information carefully, should the payment information be filled incorrectly, you will bear the risk of payment failure. If the payment fails, it will automatically be passed on to the following month; if it’s successful but made to a wrong address due to false info, the payment will not be remade.It is recommended that you choose the appropriate payment method, and the transfer fee will be borne by you. (If you find that the amount you received is less than the amount you should get, this is probably because the transfer fee is deducted. Paypal has less transfer fee and that's also the reason why we recommend Paypal instead of a bank account.)Payment InfoYou can fill your pay

#Will I have an editor/ a CE if I apply for contract?Yes. The person who sends you the offer will be your editor and your only editor in GoodNovel, and you can ask him/her anything regarding your book or your contract.# Can I sign different types of contracts for different books at the same time?Sure! We sign one contract for one book，so you can sign different contracts for different books with us at the same time!# How long does the contract application take? It’s usually take 2 weeks to 1 month to response your application. We're very sorry about this, because we're having a lot of books since the contest began. If you didn’t receive any reply email over 1 month, please contact this email(writers@goodnovel.com) to tell us.# How do I know if I get rejected or not?If we think your book needs improvement, you will receive a "Closed" notice on your book info pa

# How do I apply for contract?When uploading a book on our platform, you will need to register an account on our website first and then start uploading your book chapter by chapter. When you create a new book, the synopsis and book cover needs to be reviewed to make sure there's no infringement or anything inappropriate. The reviewing process normally takes a few working days. When we finish reviewing it, your book can be published and will be qualified to applying for contract.After you upload more than 15,000 words, you need to click the “Apply for contract” button which is on your personal page (Click your avatar) to submit your application. Then, the editors will review your book and decide whether we will sign a contract with you.#When I upload my book, it immediately says "in review" and won't publish, what does it mean?All newly uploaded books needs to be reviewed first in case there's any copyright

Being a signed author of GoodNovel might be a milestone in your writing career. We offer two different contract types:1. Exclusive contract2. Non-exclusive contractEXCLUSIVE contract means that your novel can only be published on GoodNovel within the designated time. If the novel has been published on other platforms, you should remove it within a 30-day time limit. It's okay to put about 5 chapters on other platforms to tell the readers to read your story on GoodNovel.

When you finish writing a book, upload the script into your writer’s edit page, choose the best tags and write a great synopsis, you are finally at where you can submit your hard work...Wait!There are a little bit more steps you need before you hit “publish”:If you are publishing a complete wo

Before you submit your book, you get a chance to write a little piece of synopsis, to introduce your work.Imagine you are in a bookstore, what of a book attracts you the most? The cover and the name. But what shines a bit light on the value of the book and pushes the

Marketing is important to put some thoughts in once your book is ready to meet readers. The tags and synopsis are two of the important buoys that attract readers.On GoodNovel, tags can help readers to get a better idea of the theme and genre of your book faster, also, it helps them to be introduced to books similar to what they like by linking your book to books alike.You can choose tags for your books after you set a genre for your book. Tags are an explanation of your story. They

Now that you’ve got a theme, some characters, and a framework, you can start to build the opening of your story.This is an age of E-books. Readers don’t pick their books like how they used to in a book shop where they could go through whichever part they like before they make a decision. In this age, the decision is made after only the opening. It’s just a click away if the reader doesn’t like what they are reading. So an intriguing opening is your only change to get the reader to start on your book.

Give your story a simple title. A title is the main concept of the plot that attracts audiences who are interested.. For example, “The Postman Always Rings Twice” is better than “The Postman”.If you think too plain a title would give out too much of the surprises, create one with multiple meanings or interpretations. For example, Fifty Shades of Grey suggests the protagonist has a lot of facets of his personality.

No matter it’s a fiction or a movie, it’s the characters in the story that people get attached to, not the plot itself.Stories winning the reader with its fantastic design and wild imagination are rare because with more and more stories in the market, the readers are reading more different plots and therefore harder to be impressed with surprises, because their standard for surprises increases with experience. Do not spend too much time on building the structure, because you can always rebuilt the whole thing and replace the incidents, but it’s the soul of your work that counts. So, you need to put time and effort into charact